The Trail Of The Three Lean Men

Seeing Munro Burnside was a last resource.The young narrator of this mystery thriller is stony broke. In dire straits he appeals to his former boss now a top men at a London newspaper for a writing job. Mr. Burnside suggests he go out and find himself a really piquant subject for a series of articles one in which he can involve himself personally if possible. It is not long before the would-be scribe spots three lean men and smelling a good story follows the curious trio into an adventure far beyond the world of journalism. The narrator's incredible journey takes him to a sinister middle-European nation up to his ears in diabolical international intrigue and embroiled in a plot of implacable revenge and pre-meditated murder.In 1932 Christopher Bush took a short break from his 'Ludovic Travers' mystery series to write this one-off thriller the style and milieu of which will be familiar to readers of Buchan Ambler and Cheyney. Or